{"id":65617,"date":"2013-08-03T12:24:18","date_gmt":"2013-08-03T19:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=65617"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:55:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:55:26","slug":"phil-davis-talks-tonights-machida-fight-im-going-to-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/phil-davis-talks-tonights-machida-fight-im-going-to-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil Davis Talks Tonight&#8217;s Machida Fight: &#8216;I&#8217;m Going to Win&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Phil-Davis.jpg.speedilic.ce_.9wr2pbFhvl.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-38923\" title=\"Phil-Davis.jpg.speedilic.ce.9wr2pbFhvl\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Phil-Davis.jpg.speedilic.ce_.9wr2pbFhvl-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Phil-Davis.jpg.speedilic.ce_.9wr2pbFhvl-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Phil-Davis.jpg.speedilic.ce_.9wr2pbFhvl.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nTonight, in the UFC 163 co-main event, a pivotal light-heavyweight matchup between Lyoto Machida and Phil Davis goes down.<\/p>\n<p>For Phil Davis, the opportunity to be considered a top contender passed him up in 2012 when he suffered his first and only career defeat in his headlong slot against Rashad Evans. Now three fights removed from that crushing loss and he is surging back with another top 3 opponent in Machida.<\/p>\n<p>This is his second chance, and &#8216;Mr. Wonderful&#8217; told the media on the UFC 163 conference call that he is going to win this fight and prove he belongs in the title picture.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI don\u2019t really know where I fit in the whole title contention picture. I don\u2019t really go by the rankings. I looked at the rankings once. I was disappointed, so I never looked at them again, and I just kind of go fight by fight. I won my last fight. I really want to get a finish. I\u2019m going to win this fight and if I get a finish, it\u2019ll put me a lot further along than a loss or a win will&#8230; I brought in a couple of people to help me get a feel for what he does. But really nobody can really do what he does. He does it better than anybody. He has a very unique style. He\u2019s a guy that\u2019s really good with a certain set of skills. And I don\u2019t necessarily have to try to fight like him in order to win. I just have to be on my A-game, and be extremely good at what I do&#8230; There\u2019s a lot of that that I can take in. Number one, I know what not to do. Most importantly, I should say, I know what not to do. I did lose to the number one contender at that time. But I didn\u2019t get beat up. And that\u2019s always good. Not getting beat up is part of the game, at least that\u2019s my favorite part of the game&#8230; So, how I\u2019m going to apply this to Lyoto Machida, I really don\u2019t know. They\u2019re two completely different guys. They don\u2019t fight alike. They don\u2019t look alike. They don\u2019t talk alike. I\u2019m just going to go out there, and do what I need to do, wrap this guy up.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight, in the UFC 163 co-main event, a pivotal light-heavyweight matchup between Lyoto Machida and Phil Davis goes down. 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